CHICAGO and ATLANTA, Nov. 22,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In the next few weeks workers will be
tempted to peruse the Internet for killer discounts, but they need
to remember, the boss may be watching. According to CareerBuilder's
annual Cyber Monday survey, more than half of workers (53 percent)
say they spend at least some work time holiday shopping on the
Internet, up 3 percent from last year. Of this group, 43 percent
spend an hour or more doing so, compared to 42 percent from last
year.
Employers aren't turning a blind eye to this. Eleven percent of
employers say they've fired someone for holiday shopping on the
Internet while at work (compared to 12 percent last year), and 54
percent say their organization blocks employees from accessing
certain websites from work — down 2 percent from last year.
The national survey was conducted online by Harris Poll on
behalf of CareerBuilder from August 11 to
September 7, 2016, and included a representative sample of
3,133 full-time workers and 2,379 hiring managers and human
resource professionals across industries and company sizes in the
private sector.
"Employers realize that you are going to be tempted by the
flurry of notifications regarding discounts throughout the day on
Cyber Monday," said Rosemary
Haefner, chief human resources officer at CareerBuilder.
"But it's up to you to self-police yourself and schedule your time
to make sure you're getting your job done and productivity isn't
hurt while you save money shopping online."
IT Leads Other Industries for Online Shopping
As mobile technology continues to have a growing presence in the
workplace, more workers are using their gadgets to shop. Forty-nine
percent of employees use their personal smart phones or tablets to
shop, an increase from 42 percent last year and 27 percent in
2014.
Whether desktop or mobile, a higher percentage of workers in
information technology and financial services industries online
shop compared to those in other industries:
- Information Technology: 68 percent
- Financial Services: 65 percent
- Sales: 63 percent
- Leisure & Hospitality: 54 percent
- Health Care: 53 percent
- Transportation: 42 percent
- Manufacturing: 40 percent
- Retail: 42 percent
Employers Aren't Ignoring Employees' Internet
Activity
A third of employers (33 percent) said that even if performance
isn't affected, they care if employees spend time on non-work
related emails and websites. With the ever-looming distractions
offered by technology, many have taken stronger measures to prevent
loss of productivity this year, including:
- 35 percent of employers say their organization monitors the
sites employees visit, compared to 36 percent last year.
- 52 percent of employers restrict employees from posting on
behalf of the company on social media, and 29 percent have adopted
stricter policies in this regard over the past year (compared to 55
and 32 percent last year, respectively).
- 24 percent say they've fired someone for using the Internet for
non-work related activity, and 17 percent have fired an employee
for something they posted on social media (compared to 28 and 18
percent last year, respectively).
Survey Methodology
The survey was conducted online
within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among
2,379 hiring and human resource managers and 3,133 full-time
employees ages 18 and over (employed full-time, not self-employed,
non-government) between August 11 and
September 7, 2016. Percentages for some questions are based
on a subset, based on their responses to certain questions. With
pure probability samples of 2,379 and 3,133, one could say with a
95 percent probability that the overall results have sampling
errors of +/- 2.01 and +/- 1.75 percentage points, respectively.
Sampling error for data from sub-samples is higher and
varies.
About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is the only
end-to-end human capital management company covering the entire
candidate lifecycle and employee lifecycle for businesses. As the
global leader in its industry, CareerBuilder specializes in
cutting-edge HR software as a service to help companies with every
step of talent acquisition and management. CareerBuilder works with
top employers across industries, providing solutions for talent and
labor market analytics, job distribution, candidate sourcing,
tracking, onboarding, HRIS, benefits administration and
compliance. It also operates leading job sites around the
world. Owned by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE:TGNA), Tribune Media (NYSE:TRCO)
and McClatchy (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries
operate in the United States,
Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit
www.careerbuilder.com.
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